Still I Rise *WIDER READING NOTES*

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  • Created by: MissGezky
  • Created on: 05-05-15 13:25

Still I Rise - Maya Angelou

Context:

Maya Angelou lived in America and was born in 1928. She was a civil rights activist who felt enormously strongly about racial equality within American society. She suffered a traumatic childhood where she was sexually abused and ***** by her mother's boyfriend. She became mute for 5 years where she developed her love for literature.

Struggle For Identity:

The poem presents Angelou's struggle for identity as an African American woman in a racist American society. Although she presents herself as confident in the poem, she is still angry about the

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